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Well I did it and I thought it went a bit Pete Tong but a few people said it was good and thought I’d been doing it for years lol. I’m glad I listened to the advice on here and from the mrs. Wed night I played her what tracks I was doing and she said it was all in time but there was no flow. Thurs night I thought let me listen to these tracks again and she was right so I scraped 75% off them and spent 2 hours getting a good play list. So Friday I get to the party and I did freak out a bit. Big marque in the garden and inc me 4 dj’s and the main 2 had a massive banner with there names on it. They had set up a load of lights CDJ’s and 1210’s. Even the mixer freaked me as it was nothing like mine. First guy went on and he was ok but he was drop mixing and he defo had no flow playing house then dubstep,dnb and people left the dance floor. I’m glad my set was just house but I made 1 mistake which was big near the beginning and half the dance floor left (I re started the 3 track again) but when Calvin Harris came on every body was back dancing. One dude said after it was awesome and a few others said when am I next playing again. Not bad for a guy doing it for the last 4 weeks. But what a rush I glad I took the opportunity. Thanks again everyone

I’ve taken on board what you have all said. I am going to try and learn how to do it the old Skool way and I’ve got my head round counting now but just need to work on my pitch control skills and bringing in tunes. I spoke to a guy the other day about counting and he says because most of my music is radio edit I can’t really do it properly? He said just use the waves on my laptop. So I guess this is when knowing my tunes come in? And dropping the next song in the right place? I’m never going to play in a club or bar but as long as I’m good enough to play at parties and have a mix at home I’m happy. Most of the dj’s I know after talking to them can’t mix on vinyl and they always need a laptop. So I think there not as good as I first thought.

I got vinyl turn tables. No sync button for me 🙁 I saw a good video by a Australian dj on how to count today. I get it now. Just need to know my tunes and practice

Everyone keeps saying to me avoid free sites. But music is so expensive. I’ve only downloaded a fraction of what I want and I’ve still got 100 or so tracks left to go. Oh well the price of being a dj I guess 🙂

Well my second hand SL1 is on its way so hopefully ill get on with it. If not it was only £180 so I’m sure I could sell it on. Do you think I should buy new needles? These technics decks have only been used once or twice in the 3 years.